It is a 1941 White M2 converted to M2A1 with winch. It is what you may call a motor pool restoration, not perfect by any means but better than where I was at. It arrive on a rainy morning. 
The windshield armor was down and the upper door were stuck in the upright position. I had to use the pistol ports and spotters to get it in my shop. I don't know how they did it back then. You sure can't see much at all. Well I got it in my shop without hitting anything and parked it till today, Monday. So, today was my first chance to do a good look over. First I backed out into the parking lot as it was a very nice sunny day and it gave me more room to work with. I started by cleaning the battery compartment and installing new battery cables. I also cleaned and tapped the threads. I then vacuumed the what all I could inside and out. The windshield glass was wrapped in blankets and stored in one of the ammo lockers. I carefully took them out and set them on the track. I then noticed thal the two side bumper pieces were upside down and on the wrong side. So, I then started in on that. I had problems getting four bolts loose so I decided to go over to my friends shop the next street over so he can weld some nuts on the srew head to get them off. After putting all the tools away in my shop I fired up the halftrack and headed ofer to my friends. Remember the windshield, I foregot.
Next thing I heard was glass breaking I got out to see both windshield assemblies wedged between the track and horizontal track armor. It took a sliding hammer to get them out. Can today get any worse I carefully took the bent frames in my shop and left for my friends shop the next street over through the alley. I was within sight of his shop when the engine started to sputter then BOOM!!!!
I was dead in the water so to speak. I spent a good hour before I gave up. I hooked my truck up to the track and drug it out of the way then called my halftrack mechanic. Doesn't everyone have a halftrack mechanic 
This guy knows his stuff and is great with this old stuff. While I was away at a doctors appointment he got the beast up and running sounding better that ever. It turns out that the air cleaner was full of oil and water preventing the carb to breath causing the backfire. Well that backfire took out my new muffler. All that was left was the two end pieces and part of the top. What a day. It's like Monday the 13th or something.Well the track is back in my shop waiting for a good going over. My mechanic will be busy this week greasing it up and changing all the fluids while I'm working on other things. Friday Don, Sec4Don, is hosting a campout at his place and hopt to have my haftrack there up and running.
I will post some photos in the next day or so when I have some time.
Steve A.
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